The Best Kept Secret in HR: 4 Tips for Using People Science to Grow Your Organization

How many of your high-performers are a flight risk? How should you adjust your hiring plans to align with your growth projections? Do you have a succession plan in place for each key role?

HR is playing catch up when it comes to data. In a world where companies are using data science to gain actionable customer insights, HR must apply the concepts of data science to its people.

In this program, Sarah Andresen, head of people science at Sage, will share how organizations can apply the principles of people science to increase workforce visibility and develop more actionable people insights as a result. This includes techniques on how to:

Identify and establish workforce trends and patterns

Discover potential problems before they happen with predictive analytics

Extract actionable knowledge and insights from people data

Enable HR and people teams to clearly demonstrate their contribution to business goals

About the Presenter: Sarah Andresen is head of people science at Sage People. In this role, she is focused on enabling People Science for all customers by removing complexity and knowledge barriers. She has a broad background in product management, research and economics. Prior to her current position, she led benchmarking research and the development of online data-based tools at Bersin by Deloitte. She began her research career at CEB in the HR practice, eventually leading the quantitative research for CEB Recruiting Talent Advisors and the subsequent development of the Recruiter Performance Scorecard.